> The entire problem is that the US lacks even the most basic privacy laws. Probably because we never needed to. There hasn't been a major Internet company b

> The entire problem is that the US lacks even the most basic privacy laws. Probably because we never needed to. There hasn't been a major Internet company being used by western citizens until TikTok. The US government has been able get data whenever it wants it from the major tech companies because they've all been in the US - and there's been no reason to worry these companies are giving US data to foreign (especially non-friendly) governments.